The Wide Paths of the Internet
In Matthew 7:14, Jesus warns us to avoid the wide path that leads to destruction and instead to follow Him on the narrow path that leads to life. For much of my Christian life, I thought that meant I had…
Thank You: Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day
“Thank you so much.” Was that my 12-year-old son who just said that? Without being told? Did he really just spontaneously thank some random person who only indirectly served our family? “Thank you so much.” I’ve since caught him doing…
You’ve Read the Bible…So What?
Whether it is a book for class, a conversation with a friend, or instructions on how to survive a water landing in an airplane, we all know the phenomenon of reading or hearing something and not being able to recall…
Part 4: Ten Reasons Nature is Good for Your Soul
What follows is Part 4 of a four-part blog on why “nature” is a spiritual discipline. Whether you love nature, have always been passive to it, afraid of it, or you just consider yourself a bit indoorsy, I am convinced…
Part 3: Ten Reasons Nature is Good for Your Soul
What follows is Part 3 of a four-part blog on why “nature” is a spiritual discipline. Whether you love nature, have always been passive to it, afraid of it, or you just consider yourself a bit indoorsy, I am convinced…
Part 2: Ten Reasons Nature is Good for Your Soul
What follows is Part 2 of a four-part blog on why “nature” is a spiritual discipline. Whether you love nature, have always been passive to it, afraid of it, or you just consider yourself a bit indoorsy, I am convinced…
Ten Reasons Nature is Good for Your Soul
This blog is Part 1 in a four-part series. “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” John Muir, 1912 God made this…
Can You Celebrate Easter Without Lent?
Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter, beginning with Ash Wednesday (March 6 this year), culminating with our celebration of the Greatest Day, the day death died and hope triumphed, our Resurrection Sunday (April 21). I didn’t grow…
New City Catechism: A Gateway to the Wonders of God
“If Jesus made everything but He was born as a baby, who made Joseph and Mary?” That was the question from my five-year-old daughter, Lucy, at bedtime a couple of weeks ago. We had been talking about the Christmas story.…
Praying the Scriptures
“Sometimes prayer feels like you are saying the same old things about the same old things.” I vividly remember Dr. Don Whitney sharing this sentiment in my class on spiritual disciplines back in seminary. The reason it stuck with me…